Domaine de Castelnau Garenne Picpoul de Pinet 2024
This wine is pale yellow in colour with green hints. There are vibrant citrus aromas of lemon and floral notes on the nose. The palate is full but balanced by the Picpoul's natural freshness and zesty finish.
Grapes for this Picpoul grow on the estate’s 160 hectares of vineyard close to Pézenas, in the Occitanie region of southern France. The vines are planted at 5000 per hectare on stony clay-limestone soils and are farmed using the Guyot system and Royat pruning.
The grapes were harvested at night to ensure they were cool when they arrived at the winery. This meant that the delicate fruit character was kept fresh before pressing, and the aromatic style of the wine was guaranteed. The wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks which ensured no oxidation of the precious stone fruit character. A cool fermentation also helped preserve the fruit purity. The wine was aged for a few months in stainless steel and concrete tanks.
| RRP | £14.99 |
| Bottle size | 75cl |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Alcoholic strength | 12.5% |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc |
| Subregion | Pic Saint-Loup |
| Grapes | Piquepoul Blanc 100% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 1 |
| Contains sulphites | Yes |
| Vegetarian | Yes |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Screwcap |
| Winemaker | François Prinsloo |
Located close to Pézenas, halfway between the Massif Central and Mediterranean Sea, Domaine de Castelnau Garenne comprises a 160-hectare estate that benefits from fresh sea breezes, preserving acidity and freshness in the grapes. It is owned by Christophe Muret who, like Yves Ricome of La Croix Gratiot, was a melon farmer before he began growing grapes in 1997. The word ‘Garenne’ in the domaine’s name, references the wild rabbits Christophe would see in his vines when he first started as a vigneron. Thankfully these are a rarer sight these days, but they still remind him of his winemaking journey.
As a farmer, whether of melons or grapes, Christophe has always employed sustainable methods to maintain a healthy soil structure and balanced ecosystem. His vines are planted on a combination of limestone, clay and loam soils, whose water retention helps prevent hydric stress in the vineyards during hot vintages.
South African-born winemaker François Prinsloo ensures the quality of Christophe’s farming shines through in the finished wines. Grapes are mechanically harvested at night to retain freshness and minimise phenolics in the wines before fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks.
Located close to Pézenas, halfway between the Massif Central and Mediterranean Sea, Domaine de Castelnau Garenne comprises a 160-hectare estate that benefits from fresh sea breezes, preserving acidity and freshness in the grapes. It is owned by Christophe Muret who, like Yves Ricome of La Croix Gratiot, was a melon farmer before he began growing grapes in 1997. The word ‘Garenne’ in the domaine’s name, references the wild rabbits Christophe would see in his vines when he first started as a vigneron. Thankfully these are a rarer sight these days, but they still remind him of his winemaking journey.
As a farmer, whether of melons or grapes, Christophe has always employed sustainable methods to maintain a healthy soil structure and balanced ecosystem. His vines are planted on a combination of limestone, clay and loam soils, whose water retention helps prevent hydric stress in the vineyards during hot vintages. South African-born winemaker François Prinsloo ensures the quality of Christophe’s farming shines through in the finished wines.
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